The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago
Mifsud, David
Mazzeo, Gaetana
Russo, Agatino
Watson, Gillian W.
Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-25
3866
4
499
525
3P8SH
249532
Maskell, 1879
Maskell
1879
[151,504,1311,1336]
Insecta
Margarodidae
Icerya
Animalia
Hemiptera
15
514
Arthropoda
species
purchasi
First intercepted at Maltain 1907, on ornamental plants coming from Sicily. The scale was first noticed in some gardens in St. Julian’s, from where it rapidly spread to Sliemaand Msida; in two to three years it was well established everywhere in Maltaand Gozo( Borg, 1919; 1922a: 86; Mifsud & Watson, 1999; Dandria, 2010). Borg (1932)recorded the species on citrus, Acacia, Pittosporum tobira, rose trees, Robinia pseudo-acacia, Caesalpina sappanand many other non-specified plants. It was also recorded by Saliba (1963)as “very common on citrus, less so on pear and mulberry”, and by Vella (1991).
Material examined: MALTA, Mosta, 13.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Rosmarinus officinalis, GW; Mosta, 13.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Pittosporum tobira, GW; Mġarr, 14.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Pistacia lentiscus, DM; Marsa, Għammieri, 12.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Artemisia vulgaris, CF; Qawra, 14.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Pittosporum tobira, CM; Valletta, 13.ii.2012, 1 ♀ on P. tobira, CM; Bugibba, 18.ii.2012, 5 ♀♀ on Citrus sinensis, CM; Mdina, 19.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on C. sinensis, CM; Qawra, 19.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Rosasp., CM; Luqa, 2 ♀♀on P. tobira, CM. GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley, 16.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Arisarum vulgare, DM; Victoria, 15.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀on P. tobira, CM.
3342573372
[442,1191,1593,1618]
1994-03-13
Malta
Mosta
15
514
2
2
Mosta
3342573445
1994-03-13
1994-03-14
1994-03-13
Malta
Mosta
15
514
2
2
Mosta
3342573427
1994-03-12
2012-02-14
1994-03-12
Malta
Ghammieri
15
514
3
3
Marsa
3342573404
2012-02-13
2012-02-18
2012-02-13
Malta
Valletta
15
514
6
6
Valletta
3342573450
2012-02-19
CM
Malta
Qawra
15
514
4
4
Imdina
3342573310
[678,1040,1737,1762]
Malta
Luqa
15
514
2
2
Luqa
3342573305
1994-03-16
2012-02-15
1994-03-16
Victoria
Malta
Dawara Valley
15
514
4
4
Zebbug